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COMS
Northern Illinois University
16,257 grades65 courses74 professors10 terms
Department inferred from the subject code on each course. Northern Illinois University does not publish a department field with its grade records.
2.84
average GPA across 16,257 grades
−9% vs. Northern Illinois University overall (3.13)
69%
A or B
of 16,257 grades
19.3%
D, F or withdrew
of 17,019 enrolled
Every term against the 2.84 department average
10 terms
Spring 2022Spring 2026
Most taken
COMS 100
Fund of Oral Communication
2.66
9,307 grades
−6% vs. dept
COMS 355
Digital Content Writing
3.27
667 grades
+15% vs. dept
COMS 309
Perform in Speech Comm
3.27
359 grades
+15% vs. dept
COMS 252
Intro Comm Studies
2.59
356 grades
−9% vs. dept
COMS 361
Busi & Profess Comm
2.96
325 grades
+4% vs. dept
COMS 302
Organizational Communication
2.54
297 grades
−10% vs. dept
COMS 356
Critical Media Analysis
3.08
250 grades
+9% vs. dept
COMS 455
Media Law and Ethics
2.59
239 grades
−9% vs. dept
Courses with a grade record · 65
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level1 course
2.66
−6% vs. dept
9,307
200 level5 courses
3.59
+27% vs. dept
123
2.92
+3% vs. dept
148
3.41
+20% vs. dept
193
2.59
−9% vs. dept
356
2.56
−10% vs. dept
27
300 level19 courses
3.28
+16% vs. dept
107
2.54
−10% vs. dept
297
3.08
+9% vs. dept
84
3.31
+17% vs. dept
203
3.08
+9% vs. dept
230
3.27
+15% vs. dept
359
3.16
+11% vs. dept
194
3.38
+19% vs. dept
132
3.27
+15% vs. dept
667
3.08
+9% vs. dept
250
3.73
+31% vs. dept
128
3.33
+18% vs. dept
84
3.18
+12% vs. dept
150
2.96
+4% vs. dept
325
3.02
+6% vs. dept
163
2.47
−13% vs. dept
212
2.67
−6% vs. dept
64
3.88
+37% vs. dept
85
2.67
−6% vs. dept
18
400 level27 courses
2.72
−4% vs. dept
39
2.75
−3% vs. dept
120
2.69
−5% vs. dept
71
2.55
−10% vs. dept
193
2.68
−5% vs. dept
76
2.70
−5% vs. dept
120
3.75
+32% vs. dept
4
3.28
+15% vs. dept
98
2.67
−6% vs. dept
125
3.13
+10% vs. dept
71
3.42
+21% vs. dept
19
3.96
+40% vs. dept
25
3.18
+12% vs. dept
44
2.59
−9% vs. dept
239
3.44
+21% vs. dept
16
3.42
+20% vs. dept
127
3.27
+15% vs. dept
59
3.56
+26% vs. dept
64
3.08
+9% vs. dept
74
3.21
+13% vs. dept
46
2.49
−12% vs. dept
73
2.39
−16% vs. dept
88
4.00
+41% vs. dept
20
4.00
+41% vs. dept
14
3.05
+7% vs. dept
139
3.26
+15% vs. dept
19
3.68
+30% vs. dept
62
600 level12 courses
3.65
+29% vs. dept
19
3.23
+14% vs. dept
13
3.49
+23% vs. dept
41
3.86
+36% vs. dept
7
4.00
+41% vs. dept
4
3.82
+35% vs. dept
39
3.81
+34% vs. dept
26
4.00
+41% vs. dept
17
3.81
+34% vs. dept
59
4.00
+41% vs. dept
12
3.47
+22% vs. dept
17
3.56
+26% vs. dept
39
700 level1 course
3.69
+30% vs. dept
13
15 more COMS courses appear in the catalog with no grade record yet.
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